Telecom Revenue Shrank by 4.1% While Indicators Going Up in FY21
The telecom industry recorded a decline in revenue stream by 4.1 percent to Rs. 541.4 billion in FY21 according to the State Bank of Pakistan (SBP). The SBP in its Annual Report 2020-21 on the State of Pakistan’s Economy, stated…
PTA and FBR Ordered to Devise a New Taxation Strategy for Mobile Users
A parliamentary panel on Wednesday expressed serious concerns over the huge taxes levied on mobile users and directed the Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA) and the Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) to formulate a comprehensive strategy for the benefit of consumers….
Covid-19: Five more deaths, 315 positive cases reported in country
Five people died of Coronavirus infection and 315 positive cases have been reported across the country in a single day.According to the National Command and Operation Center’s statistics, 35,332 tests were conducted on Monday and positivity ratio remai…
Pakistan strongly condemns arrest of human rights activist Khurram Parvez
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan has strongly condemned the arrest of human rights activist Khurram Parvez in Indian Illegally Occupied Jammu and Kashmir (IIOJK). The Foreign Office, in a statement on Tuesday, said the arbitrary arrests of human rights activists on orchestrated charges by Indian occupation forces is clear evidence of New Delhi’s state-terrorism and trampling of fundamental […]
Pact signed to provide artificial limbs to disabled persons
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Bait-ul-Mal (PBM), Qatar Charity and Pakistan Institute of Prosthetics and Orthotic Science (PIPOS) inks a tri-party MoU for the provision of artificial limbs to the Persons with Disabilities (PWDs) in Matta, Swat, says a statement issued from PID here on Tuesday. During a ceremony held here in PBM’s head office, Managing Director PBM, […]
SC accepts Punjab govt plea against sugar mills
ISLAMABAD: Supreme Court of Pakistan has accepted plea of Punjab government against sugar mills for preliminary hearing and sent notices to Ittefaq, JDW and Hamza sugar mills. A three-member bench headed by Justice Umar Ata Bandial conducted the hearing. Additional Advocate General told the court that in 2018 Supreme Court ordered Ittefaq Sugar Mills to […]
Afridi resigns to lead Tarin’s election to Senate seat
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) leader Ayub Afridi has resigned from the post of Senator and submitted his resignation to Senate Chairman Sadiq Sanjrani, PPI learnt here on Tuesday. The Chairman Senate has accepted Afridi’s resignation to pay a way for the election of Advisor to Prime Minister on Finance and Revenue Shaukat Tarin to the […]
CM Buzdar says does not believe in one-man show
KARACHI: Chief Minister Punjab Usman Buzdar has said that he does not believe in one-man show like the previous era and negative politics of PDM is over. According to a statement on Tuesday, CM Punjab met members of the National Assembly of Pakistan including Sadaqat Ali Abbasi, Syed Mubeen Ahmed and Sami Gilani in which […]